Mike’s Leadership Blog

There are times in my life that I find myself rushing from one thing to the next. It’s almost as if I’m associating my self-worth with my ability to be busy all the time. Lately, thanks to business being good, I find I’m in that mode of busyness a lot. The problem is,...

Last year I started to write more than ever. Up until that point, I’d typically post something every 2-3 weeks and I was OK with that. Last year I increased the frequency of my writing to twice per week. One a shorter thought each week aimed at anyone who is wanting...

Lately, I've run into too many instances of an absence of trust in the workplace. It's not that this problem didn't exist before, it's just what I'm bumping into a lot lately. Most workplaces talk about trust as if it exists, but when you get under the covers, I...

In my work, I frequently come across organizations who are very focused on holding people accountable. There’s a predictable pattern which goes with accountability, though. The begins with the belief that if we hold people accountable, it will allow for a better...

I have spent a lifetime trying to prove something to the world. It's showed itself in so many ways, from seeking attention to doing the things I believed would get me credit, to carefully tracking the hit metrics on my website. These past couple months have shifted...

Lately, you may have sensed I have been asking some pretty deep questions about life, myself and the world around me. I never used to dig so deep as it can be an uncomfortable place to look. However, a couple of years ago I started a journey which has me clearly on a...

As 2017 will soon be here, I find myself reflecting on 2016, and what has changed in my life. For this past year, I've been in the CTI Leadership program, and I find myself looking at life, love and time very differently than I did a year ago. Much of it is hard to...

A couple weeks ago I did something I could not have imagined even a few months ago. What's more, you will find it on my left forearm. In other words, short of wearing long sleeve shirts all the time, it's hard to hide it. However, I don't want to hide it as the whole...

Command and control. Directive. Autocratic. Stretch goals. Call it what you will, lately, I've been more closely observing the impact of leaders using such approaches with the people they lead. All of these things amount to pushing the people you lead and getting them...

Einstein said "insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result". If this is true, then I must be insane at times. I also wonder given this definition, how many others around me are insane given I see leaders leading the same way...